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I've always been infinitely curious about how Walt Disney's original vision for Epcot would've turned out. I'll be watching this with interest.

ronilan 9y ago
Celebration, Florida? Disney CEO Michael Eisner took an especially keen interest in the development of the new town in the early days, encouraging the executives at Disney Development Company to "make history" and develop a town worthy of the Disney brand and legacy that extended to Walt Disney's vision of an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (EPCOT). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration,_Florida https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration,_Florida
- MentallyRetired 9y ago
  I'm literally typing this from Celebration, FL, where I live. Disney doesn't own the place, they just put forth the planning. They do retain some land in the area through various sub-companies, though.
  - silverlight 9y ago
    Do you enjoy living there overall? My wife and I have talked about moving there sometimes. We have two boys 4 and 6 and like the idea of a close knit community, walking to parks, etc.
clydethefrog 9y ago
"The well-intentioned hope to recreate some version of America’s past has been defeated by the country’s present. The parks, pools and playgrounds in Celebration belong to the residents’ association and are off-limits to non-residents. Sitting on a park bench is considered trespassing. Residents complain about tourists peeking over their fences or the thousands of children from neighbouring areas who descend on them at Halloween. Celebration was founded by Disney on the principle of openness—the school and utilities are public, and the county sheriff’s office provides police patrols. Yet it has become a gated community, just without the gates." https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21712156-utopia-i-4-what-disneys-city-future-built-look-past-says-about https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21712156-utopia...
casefields 9y ago
I'm way more fascinated in what Walt's vision could've been for A Disney Ski Resort had it come to fruition: http://www.yesterland.com/mineralking.html http://www.yesterland.com/mineralking.html
protomyth 9y ago
If you watch the original Disney video, there is a throw-away line that everyone is renting so Disney can upgrade houses as they want and if you lose your job, you get to move out. I'm pretty sure that it would have ended poorly.

ronilan 9y ago

Celebration, Florida? Disney CEO Michael Eisner took an especially keen interest in the development of the new town in the early days, encouraging the executives at Disney Development Company to "make history" and develop a town worthy of the Disney brand and legacy that extended to Walt Disney's vision of an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (EPCOT). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration,_Florida https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration,_Florida

MentallyRetired 9y ago
I'm literally typing this from Celebration, FL, where I live. Disney doesn't own the place, they just put forth the planning. They do retain some land in the area through various sub-companies, though.
- silverlight 9y ago
  Do you enjoy living there overall? My wife and I have talked about moving there sometimes. We have two boys 4 and 6 and like the idea of a close knit community, walking to parks, etc.

clydethefrog 9y ago

"The well-intentioned hope to recreate some version of America’s past has been defeated by the country’s present. The parks, pools and playgrounds in Celebration belong to the residents’ association and are off-limits to non-residents. Sitting on a park bench is considered trespassing. Residents complain about tourists peeking over their fences or the thousands of children from neighbouring areas who descend on them at Halloween. Celebration was founded by Disney on the principle of openness—the school and utilities are public, and the county sheriff’s office provides police patrols. Yet it has become a gated community, just without the gates." https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21712156-utopia-i-4-what-disneys-city-future-built-look-past-says-about https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21712156-utopia...

casefields 9y ago

I'm way more fascinated in what Walt's vision could've been for A Disney Ski Resort had it come to fruition: http://www.yesterland.com/mineralking.html http://www.yesterland.com/mineralking.html

protomyth 9y ago

If you watch the original Disney video, there is a throw-away line that everyone is renting so Disney can upgrade houses as they want and if you lose your job, you get to move out. I'm pretty sure that it would have ended poorly.